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Bike Mechanic Salaries

Have you ever wondered how much a bike mechanic earns? Or how their salary compares to other careers like being a gardener or janitor? And which state pays the best for bike mechanics? This deck runs through the numbers showing the good, the bad, and the ugly of bike mechanic salaries.

i've always maintained that 'preassembly' is the biggest dis'service' that a manufacturer can 'provide' their dealers. remember when cannondales came in 2 boxes? one with the frame and fork and the other with the build kit? but i digress...

Paul Anderson, the idea isn't that manufacturers are evil here, you as a shop owner control what you pay your employees. if you feel they merit more pay, it is your responsibility to find a way to make that happen, not your brands. i can say with certainty that prior to obamacare no shop owner i met lived without health insurance whereas no mechanics and only a very few managers i knew were offered such benefits.

Paul Anderson. A good point! I have also seen that some manufacturers gladly pass on some adjustments I consider part of the assembling of a bike to the store-owners. Even if retailers should know how to give new bikes a thorough delivery service, the earnings drop sharply if you have to spend additional timecorrecting a sloppy build-up and loosely built wheels out of true. Some brands are a joy to give a final checkup to because they are correctly adjusted at the factory, while with other brands you'll end up doing partial rebuilds on the bikes before you can let the customer have their new bike.

When the manufacturers impose a legitimate retail price instead of map (make no money) pricing then us store owners can pay mechanics what they truly deserve.How can we pay a mechanic when a $2000.bike from our major supplier allows it to be sold at map for $1800.?

24.
We can compare this to the average
personal income in the US:
$40,584
Connecticut being the highest at $56,001
and Mississippi the lowest at $31,186.
US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis 2010

25.
While this is decent pay in some countries.
The average cost of living in the US is:
$20,194

26.
While this is decent pay in some countries.
The average cost of living in the US is:
$20,194
This is for a single person.
Where annual spending on food is $2577,
annual spending on housing is $6844,
and a car costs $3442 each year.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics 2013

27.
So when comparing national averages:
$40,584 income for all people
$22,337 income for bike mechanics
$20,194 as costs of living
Bike mechanics are
$18,247 below average income
but $2143 above average expenses.
At least they can afford a bike.

28.
But it also means bike mechanics in
9 states are earning below the national
average for expenses.
Yikes.

29.
Hardly anyone works as bike mechanic
because the money is amazing.

30.
But earnings this low can make it difficult
to live comfortably in many places.
Especially in some bigger cities.

31.
A bike mechanic in San Francisco
earns $26,983 on average.
But the average cost of rent is $30,786
for a one bedroom apartment.